Discontinued operations

In accordance with ASC 205-20, Discontinued Operations, the financial results of Red Violet are reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements as discontinued operations and, therefore, are presented as assets and liabilities of discontinued operations on the consolidated balance sheets, loss from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of operations, and cash activity from discontinued operations on the consolidated statements of cash flows. As of the Spin-off date, the Company's additional paid-in capital decreased by the carrying value of the net assets of Red Violet of $41,500.

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the financial results of operations of Red Violet were as follows:



	Year Ended December 31,
(In thousands)	2018			2017
Major classes of line items constituting loss from discontinued operations:
Revenue	$	3,325		$	8,578
Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)	2,017			7,066
Sales and marketing expenses	1,089			4,394
General and administrative expenses	1,852			17,480
Depreciation and amortization	451			1,138
Loss from operations of discontinued operations, net of $0 income taxes	(2,084		)	(21,500		)
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of $0 income taxes	(19,040		)	—
Net loss from discontinued operations	$	(21,124	)	$	(21,500	)

For the year ended December 31, 2018, included in the net loss from discontinued operations is a loss on disposal of discontinued operations of $19,040, of which an aggregate of $16,030 represented non-cash charges. The loss on disposal of discontinued operations consisted of the following:



	Year Ended
(In thousands)	December 31, 2018
Share-based compensation expense (1)	$	15,548
Write-off of unamortized debt costs (2)	284
Write-off of certain prepaid expenses	198
Spin-off related professional fees	2,012
Spin-off related employee compensation	998
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations	$	19,040


(1)	As discussed and defined in Note 4, Spin-off of Red Violet and business combinations, share-based compensation expense represents non-cash expense in connection with the Acceleration.


(2)	As discussed in Note 9, Long-term debt, net, in connection with the Spin-off, the Company repaid the Promissory Notes to certain shareholders, which resulted in a write-off of unamortized debt costs of $284.

During the first quarter of 2018, in connection with the Spin-off of Red Violet, an aggregate of $7,708 was recognized in costs and expenses from continuing operations as Spin-off transaction costs, and included non-cash share-based compensation expense of $5,409 as a result of 2,041,000 shares of Transaction Grants (as defined in Note 12, Share-based compensation), and employee cash compensation of $2,299.

As of December 31, 2017, the Company reclassified the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities of Red Violet into corresponding assets and liabilities of discontinued operations. A reconciliation is presented below:



(In thousands)	December 31, 2017
Carrying amounts of the major classes of assets included in discontinued operations:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	65
Accounts receivable, net	1,650
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	559
Current assets of discontinued operations	2,274
Property and equipment, net	1,091
Intangible assets, net	15,353
Goodwill	6,465
Other non-current assets	1,180
Non-current assets of discontinued operations	24,089
Total assets of discontinued operations	$	26,363
Carrying amounts of the major classes of liabilities included in discontinued operations:
Trade accounts payable	$	919
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities	6,437
Deferred revenue	33
Total liabilities of discontinued operations	$	7,389